Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-18
MEN OF PRAYER.
Something About the Episcopaiian
and Presbyterian Delegates Soon


The annual meeting of the council OF
the Protestant Episcopal church OF Ne
braska will be held In this city, com.
mencing to-day. 1t will be attended
by clergy and laymen from all parts OF
the state. The following programme
will comprise the order OF business and
meetings during the sitting OF the coun-
cal:
Episcopal church in Nebraska will hold
ing Wednesday, May IL. Tho exercises
will be as follows
Morning prayer at o o'clock q. m.
celebration Of the holy communion aud
annual address Of tho bishop at 10
O'Clock q. m, after which the council
will be called together for organization
and business, and adjourn at O'Clock
3 o'clock. At 7:3O there will be mis-
sionarv meeting in the cathedral, at
which addresses will be made by the Rev.
John Hewitt, the Rev. VIM. II. Sparkling,
the Rev. Alex. Allen, Mr.. Guy A. Brown,
and others.
Thursday, May 10, celebration of holy
communion ut clock, a. m, morning
holy communion and sermon by the Rev.
VIM. q. Person at 10 O'clock. Business
Immediately thereafter. Adjournment for
lunch ut 1 o'clock and resume at 3
o'clock. In the evening there will be a
reception of the clergy and lay delegates
at Bishopthorpe from to II o'clock, to
which all are invited. Lunch will be
provided by the ladies of Trinity in the
choir room of the cathedral on Wednes-
day and Thursday for the clergy and lay
delegates.
On Tuesday evening, the 18th, the first
annual meeting OF the st. Andrews
brotherhood will be held in the cathedral.
when sermon will be delivered by Dean
Gardner. The delegates to the meeting
are requested to meet at the cathedral ut
Z O'Clock.
On Thursday, the 10Th instant, the
annual meeting of the Nebraska branch
of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board
of Missions will be held in the cathedral,
when reports will be read and other in
teresting proceedings had.
PRESBYTERIAN.
On next Thursday, the 10th INST, the
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church in the United States will meet in
the First Presbyterian church in this
On Wednesday, May 1s, William II.
Roberts, stated clerk, and William +.
Moore, permanent clerk, composing the
committee on commissions. will he pres
ent in the lecture rooms of the South
west church at 3 p. M, and also on the
10th inst. at $50 a. M. for the purpose of
receiving the credentials OF commission
ers.
The reception committee of the general
assembly will be in waiting at all the
trans on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. May 1S. - and 20, to receive the
commissioners: The committee and Its
assistants will be decorated with badges
On ~ oop ho roaHi1y raoorniznd Mr.
j, l.. Witbrow has offered to send his
buses and carry the commissioners free
from the depots to the church.
Delegates who expect TO be present at
the Home and Foreign missionary meet
ing to be held at the time of the assembly
at Omaha will please send their names
to MIR. George Tilden. 124 South Nine
happy to secure places of entertainment.
The committee will. SO far as possible,
direct visitors to the assembly to houses
where board can be had at reduced rates.
The hotel rates are: Paxton hotel 81,
Merchants hotel $l.75 to So, other hotels
$1.5O to $1.75, and private houses 81 per
The annual meeting of the woman's
executive committee of home missions
will be held in this city on Friday, Mayer.
A conference of synodical committees Is
arranged for Tuesday afternoon, May "a.
On Wednesday afternoon, May 25, the
various branches of the work will be
presented by missionaries from the field.
The woman's prayer and acquaintance
meeting VIII be held daily at 2:30 p, m,
COMMISSIONERS.
The following clergymen and lay em.
bers of the assembly, all bat two of
whom are commissioners, have arrived
or will arrive to-day and are at the
|shotelS:
Rev. j. McC. Holmes ID. ID. and wife,
Albany; Isaac y. Rankin and wife, Kings
boro, guest of Mrs. Botkin; E, P. Durant
and wife. Albany; A. Van Derveer M. ID.
and wife. Albany; Rev. Ransor b.
Welch ID. ID. l.. l.. D., Auburn, guest of
Mrs. q. d. Botkin; Rev. T.. Morey Hodg-
man, Rochestsr; ;nl David MoNhair' MShds;'o. Dams R
John McLachln, Buffalo; Richard J.
Sherman, Buffalo; Andrew j. Fennell ID.
d., Glen Falls; Philander Barbour ID. d.,
Malta; Eleazer Goodman, Glen Falls
Rev. Wilson Phraner. Sing Sing; Frank
N. Horton, Pound Ridge; Stanton Cady,
Sing Sing; Warren Van Norden, New
Kek Key @ cy N McNvruS % C"dH Hshiaaa hfisatsbFFgf Faf,
Rev. Thomas G. Clark, Freedom Plains;
Moses e. Belknap and wife. Newburgh;
| Asbury Wygart, Marlborough; Rev. Isaac
| N. Terry, New Hartford; Rev. Martin E.
| Grant, Holland Patent; Horatio s. Hen
dee, NJ. ID. Lowville Hamilton Brownell,
| Clinton; Rev. Geo Alexander ID. ID. New
| York City; Rev. John II. Paxton ID. d.,
New York City; H. c. Van Worst, New
York City; j. G. Tucker, New York City;
Curtis M. Gates, Honsoye Falls.
Rev. e. N. Thomas, Port Henry; Har.
wood A. Dudley. Warsaw.
S. Woodruff Sammis, Huntington.
Rev. A. =. Bishop and wife, Unadilla;
X. S. Ives and wife, Guilford Center.
PENNSYLVANIA.
r. M. Patterson, ID. d., Philadelphia;
| A. C. Shaw, Wellsboro; Windsor Glea-
son, Elkland; Henry 3. Black and wife.
Chester; Willard M. Rice, ID. d., Phila-
delphia; w. c. Todd. Nj. d., Roxbor.
ough; Frank Is. Reeves, Germantown:
John Aikens, Washington; Hon. J. X.
Ewing, Uniontown; Robt. N. Wilson,
Philadelphia; John M. Richmond, Pitts
burg; A. A. Shumway, Philadelphia; j.
II. Baldwin, Plttsburg; Rich !. Jones,
Philadelphia; George Smith, Philadel.
phia; ". w. Waters, Pittsbnrg:, Rev.
David H. Barren, ID. d., Hollidaysburgh;
Rev. Nelson IL. Miller, Osceola Mills;
Geo. w. Wilson, Mfliintown., VIM: e.